Technology has touched many aspects of modern life. Some may say too many, but we’re not here to argue the effects of computers on society. We’re discussing advancements in sales technology and their benefits to inside sales. Technology has affected almost every part of the buyer’s journey. It’s allowed for the transition of many sales …
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It’s no secret that many agonize over the email copy and then hastily slap a written subject line right before clicking the ‘send’ button. It doesn’t matter how much research and time you put into the body text if the email subject lines aren’t captivating or insightful. As a salesperson, you’re reaching out to a prospect …
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According to The Bridge Groups, sales productivity is the #1 challenge for nearly 65 percent of business-to-business organizations. The one universal truth is that no matter how great your service is, the business needs an efficient sales process. The trick is to find an ideal inside sales software that emphasizes efficiency, usefulness, and productivity. VanillaSoft …
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It’s exciting to identify a hot lead, but it’s also a process that requires a great deal of preparation, investment, and effort before you can consider the deal closed. Think about your favorite athletes crossing the finish line during the Olympics this summer. They didn’t merely wake up one day and enter the contest. Every …
In sales, we are all looking for the hot leads, but they don’t grow on trees. On the bright side, the sooner you can weed through the unqualified leads, the sooner you can get to the hot leads. In other words, you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you reach the prince (a.k.a. …
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It’s a scene that plays out over and over again on sales floors across the country. Like a bad B-movie, after completing a call, the sales rep wonders in confusion, “Who do I call next? Which lead will catapult me easiest to the next sale?” This can be very daunting; very time consuming. If a …
Who Do I Call Next? Introducing Logic and Routing Into Your Lead Management Strategy Read More »
I just wanted to give a quick shout-out to the anniversary of an important day for all of us who work in the inside sales space. On this day 137 years ago the US Patent Office granted a patent to cover “the method of, and apparatus for, transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically ….” Although …
Does your sales CRM software route your leads to callers based on the contacts local times? VanillaSoft’s Calling Period feature does just that! If you have leads across multiple time zones, then this can be a very useful feature for your inside sales team. This feature allows you to set default calling times, which will …
“CRM, in my opinion, is no more of a sales productivity tool than using Excel and Word are.” So states Nancy Nardin in a recent post where she outlines what she calls the “Efficiency Paradox” as related to CRM technology. This is obviously a statement designed to shock many. I am not one of them. …
A well-known book stated that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, but I sometimes get the feeling that this expression applies equally well to many sales people and their managers. Each group often has a different perception of how sales should be run, with the sales people believing that individual initiative and …
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